Heavy to excessive rainfall is expected through tonight across portions of the central Plains. Areas of intense rainfall amounts could support increasing flooding concerns. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across parts of the central/southern Plains today and tonight, with large hail and damaging winds the main threats. Areas of extreme heat will impact parts of the West this week. Read More >
Overview
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An intense storm system lifted northeast across the mid-Mississippi Valley on Saturday, November 5th. South winds began to increase significantly early in the morning, following passage of an area of showers, and were strongest later in the morning. A skinny line of showers, which accompanied the cold front, helped bring down some of the strongest winds aloft to further enhance the winds at the surface. The strongest gusts were in east central Illinois, where 68 mph was reported at Willard Airport south of Champaign. Widespread winds of 50 to 60 mph were reported across much of the remainder of central Illinois. |
 Peak wind gusts, from the Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis |
Photos & Video
Wind damage
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Urbana (Andrew Pritchard) |
Tilton (Allen Cockrell) |
Charleston (Jason Richardson) |
Radar
Little lightning was noted with the skinny line of heavy showers that moved east across the region during the morning. However, some of the strongest winds aloft were brought closer to the surface, enhancing the already windy conditions. Peak wind gusts in Peoria were highest when this line passed through the city.
Storm Reports
​Wind speed measurements: Location Speed Time/Date Provider Savoy/Willard Arpt 68 MPH 0948 AM 11/05 ASOS Urbana 66 MPH 1020 AM 11/05 CWOP Towanda 65 MPH 1015 AM 11/05 CWOP Coles Co. Mem AP 60 MPH 1016 AM 11/05 ASOS Bloomington 59 MPH 0149 PM 11/05 CWOP Decatur Arpt 59 MPH 1011 AM 11/05 ASOS Peoria Intl Arpt 59 MPH 0901 AM 11/05 ASOS Edgar Co. Arpt 59 MPH 0715 AM 11/05 AWOS Plainfield 56 MPH 0634 AM 11/05 CWOP Springfield Capital AP 56 MPH 0701 AM 11/05 ASOS Rantoul Arpt 55 MPH 1055 AM 11/05 AWOS Lawrenceville AP 54 MPH 0802 AM 11/05 ASOS Bloomington Arpt 52 MPH 0250 PM 11/05 AWOS Danville Arpt 51 MPH 1235 PM 11/05 AWOS Toluca 48 MPH 0255 PM 11/05 DAVIS Arcola 47 MPH 0200 PM 11/05 DAVIS Jacksonville Arpt 47 MPH 0755 AM 11/05 AWOS Olney Noble AP 47 MPH 0915 AM 11/05 AWOS Robinson Arpt 47 MPH 0755 AM 11/05 AWOS Germantown Hills 46 MPH 0746 AM 11/05 CWOP Casey 46 MPH 0945 AM 11/05 CWOP Flora Arpt 46 MPH 0715 AM 11/05 AWOS Taylorville Arpt 46 MPH 0915 AM 11/05 AWOS Tallula 45 MPH 0135 PM 11/05 CWOP Sullivan 45 MPH 1015 AM 11/05 CWOP New Holland 44 MPH 0645 AM 11/05 CWOP Rushville 44 MPH 1230 PM 11/05 CWOP Arcola 44 MPH 0135 PM 11/05 CWOP Galesburg Arpt 44 MPH 1055 AM 11/05 AWOS Effingham Arpt 43 MPH 0215 PM 11/05 AWOS Mt Carmel Arpt 43 MPH 0135 PM 11/05 AWOS Waynesville 42 MPH 1000 AM 11/05 CWOP Cooksville 42 MPH 0316 PM 11/05 CWOP Lacon Arpt 41 MPH 0815 AM 11/05 AWOS
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..REMARKS..
0530 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 3 SSE CAMARGO 39.75N 88.15W
11/05/2022 DOUGLAS IL PUBLIC
LARGE LIMB FELL ON THE ROOF OF A HOUSE IN
HUME.
0715 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG OGDEN 40.12N 87.96W
11/05/2022 CHAMPAIGN IL PUBLIC
VIDEO FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SHOWS A TRAILER
OVERTURNED ON I-74 WESTBOUND NEAR THE OGDEN
ROYAL EXIT.
0715 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG TILTON 40.10N 87.65W
11/05/2022 VERMILION IL PUBLIC
PHOTOS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW A LARGE BUT
DECAYED MAPLE TREE SNAPPED AT THE BASE.
0715 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG CHARLESTON 39.49N 88.18W
11/05/2022 COLES IL PUBLIC
TREE DOWN.
0720 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG REDMON 39.64N 87.86W
11/05/2022 EDGAR IL PUBLIC
TREE DOWN.
0730 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG KANSAS 39.55N 87.94W
11/05/2022 EDGAR IL BROADCAST MEDIA
DAMAGE TO A GRAIN ELEVATOR, WITH ASSOCIATED
POWER LINE DAMAGE. RELAYED VIA WCIA-TV. TIME
ESTIMATED.
0900 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 SE YATES CITY 40.77N 90.00W
11/05/2022 KNOX IL PUBLIC
PHOTOS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW A DAMAGED AND
OVERTURNED LARGE STRUCTURE. TIME WAS
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0930 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG FARMINGTON 40.70N 90.01W
11/05/2022 FULTON IL BROADCAST MEDIA
DELAYED REPORT. SMALL OUTBUILDING/SHED
OVERTURNED DUE TO STRONG NON THUNDERSTORM
WINDS. RELAYED VIA BROADCAST MEDIA.
0950 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG URBANA 40.11N 88.20W
11/05/2022 CHAMPAIGN IL PUBLIC
PHOTOS FROM SOCIAL MEDIA SHOW A DEAD, DOWNED
TREE UPROOTED AND ON A HOUSE.
1025 AM TSTM WND DMG GRIDLEY 40.74N 88.88W
11/05/2022 MCLEAN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
GAS STATION CANOPY DESTROYED AS A LINE OF
SHOWERS MOVED THROUGH. TIME ESTIMATED VIA
RADAR. RELAYED VIA WCIA-TV.
1030 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 N CHAMPAIGN 40.15N 88.26W
11/05/2022 CHAMPAIGN IL BROADCAST MEDIA
SIGN DAMAGED ON BUILDING AT INTERSECTION OF
INTERSTATE DR. AND N. PROSPECT AVE. TIME
ESTIMATED. RELAYED VIA WCIA-TV.
1045 AM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 WSW URBANA 40.10N 88.23W
11/05/2022 CHAMPAIGN IL PUBLIC
DELAYED REPORT. SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE OF A
LARGE TREE BRANCH SNAPPED AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF ILLINOIS.
1230 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 1 W HOOPESTON 40.46N 87.69W
11/05/2022 VERMILION IL BROADCAST MEDIA
PORTION OF PARK PAVILION ROOF PEELED OFF AT
MCFERRIN PARK. TIME ESTIMATED.
Environment
The intensifying storm system lifted out of the southern Plains Friday night, and was centered over southern Iowa early Saturday morning. By evening, it had reached Lake Superior. (Figures 1 through 3 below show the track.)
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| Figure 1: Weather map from 7 am CDT | Figure 2: Weather map from 1 pm CDT | Figure 3: Weather map from 7 pm CDT |
Very strong low level winds were moving into the region early in the morning. A vertical sample from our radar (figure 4) showed wind speeds around 70 knots (around 80 mph) about 3000-4000 feet off the ground. Model ensemble guidance picked up on that and showed it expanding across east central and northeast Illinois (figure 5, pink shades). This lined up with some of the strongest wind gusts mesured at the surface.
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| Figure 4: Vertical wind profile from Lincoln Doppler radar around 6:30 am | Figure 5: HREF model guidance for 10 am of wind speeds at 4000 ft. above ground | Figure 6: Caption |
Additional environmental data.
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